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Workshops for Department and Division Chairs
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Jane
Jakoubek, vice president and dean of academic affairs at
Hanover College since 1995, has worked to strengthen faculty leadership
of academic departments. She also has served as a professor of psychology
and department head at Luther College. Her research areas include
institutional change and the support of new faculty members. She is
a frequent presenter at the CIC Institute for Chief Academic Officers.
Ken
Porada, provost at Dominican University of California since
2002, formerly served for 11 years as vice president for academic
affairs and dean of the College at Heidelberg College. At Heidelberg,
he instituted a five-year review for all academic departments and
programs, including visits by external consultant-evaluators, and
coordinated the strategic planning process.
Nancy
E. Tribbensee, associate vice president for legal affairs
at Arizona State University, advises ASU in the areas of student affairs,
free speech, intellectual property, technology transfer, research,
risk management, and computer use and security. She is a board member
of the National Association of College and University Attorneys (NACUA)
and a popular conference speaker.
Marie
Joan Harris, CSJ, provost and vice president for academic
affairs at Avila University since 1987, was formerly chair of the
science department and professor of chemistry at Avila. She has worked
with department chairs in the development of curriculum, evaluation
of faculty members, and the restructuring of the university. She is
a frequent conference presenter and received CIC’s Chief Academic
Officer Award in 2003 in recognition of her service to private college
CAOs throughout the country.
Carla
B. Howery, deputy executive officer of the American Sociological
Association, directs its academic and professional affairs program.
She is responsible for ASA’s annual chair conference and resources
for chairs and directors of graduate study. During her 24 years at
ASA, she has worked on such varied issues as the status of women in
sociology, research on the profession, sociological practice, international
sociology, graduate and undergraduate teaching, and membership concerns.
Ferol
Schricker Menzel, vice president for academic affairs, dean
of the faculty, and professor of psychology at Wartburg College since
1999, formerly served as vice president for student life and enrollment
management and chair of the department of psychology at Grand View
College. She is a member of the board of trustees of the Higher Learning
Commission of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools.
She has presented at the CIC Institute for Chief Academic Officers
and the Transformation of the College Library Workshops and has led
the CIC New CAO Workshop for three years.
Kent
Weeks, principal with the law firm of Weeks, Anderson &
Baker, formerly was professor of the practice of education at Vanderbilt
University. His writings on higher education administration and the
law include Managing Departments: Chairpersons and the Law.
Weeks serves as special counsel to several colleges and universities
as well as to national and international educational and church-related
agencies. 
Katie
Conboy, vice president for academic affairs at Stonehill
College since 2001 and professor of English, formerly was chair of
the department of English at Stonehill. She restructured the academic
division of the College to create supportive infrastructures for both
undergraduate and graduate programs and led the first institution-wide
long-range planning initiative. Her publications are on topics such
as feminist theory, the politics of place, and “What Can You
Do With an English Major?” 
Kelly
Ward, associate professor of higher education at Washington
State University, is the coauthor of The Department Chair’s
Role in Developing New Faculty into Teachers and Scholars and
Putting Students First: How Colleges Develop Students Purposefully.
She is a frequent conference presenter, including presentations at
the CIC Department/Division Chair Workshops.
Carl
H. Caldwell, vice president for academic affairs and dean
of Anderson University since 1996, has overall supervisory responsibility
for the Schools of Education, Nursing, and the Falls School of Business
as well as the College of the Arts and the College of Science and
Humanities. Earlier in his career, he was the chief academic officer
at Franklin and Bridgewater Colleges. He spoke at the 2005 CIC Department/Division
Chair Workshops and in 2002, he received CIC’s Chief Academic
Officer Award in recognition of his service to private college CAOs
throughout the country.
Claire
Guthrie Gastañaga, principal of CG2 Consulting, is
a seminar leader on a variety of higher education management and legal
subjects. She has led department chair workshops for campuses, for
the American Council on Education, and for CIC. As a lawyer, she is
often asked to serve as an expert witness on faculty hiring procedures,
academic ethics, and sexual harassment policies.
Mimi
Wolverton, professor of educational leadership in the College
of Education at the University of Nevada-Las Vegas, also serves as
coordinator of the higher education leadership program. She frequently
publishes research on the work of chairs and deans, including her
coauthored College Deans: Leading from Within and “Preparing
for Leadership: What Academic Department Chairs Need to Know”
in the Journal of Higher Education Policy and Management.
She is often invited to speak at the conferences of national educational
associations. 
Cynthia
Ann Zane, chief academic officer and dean of the faculty
at the College of Mount Saint Joseph since 2001, worked to streamline
the institution’s strategic planning process, developed and
implemented an academic program review process, and oversaw the development
of six new academic programs. Earlier in her career, she was dean
of the College of Health Professions and the McAuley School of Nursing
at the University of Detroit Mercy. She recently coauthored “Transitioning
From the Instructional Paradigm to the Learning Paradigm,” in
About Campus.